What was I like in high school? Hmm... I thought of myself as a nice guy, and had some popularity - enough to be elected "Commissioner of Finance" my senior year - but, looking back, I think I was kind of a snot.

I was raised in a nondescript military Protestantism; starting in my teens I began arcing Rome-ward, with a several-year stop as an Episcopalian. Yes, I believe in Purgatory, of a sort; if you've read C. S. Lewis's comments on the subject, my picture closely resembles his.

As for the last question... I think I'll take that to private e-mail.